Fuselage, wings recovered from plane crash

The Associated Press

Published Monday, November 10, 2008

GAINESVILLE (AP) -- Federal investigators say they've recovered the badly burned fuselage and wings of a twin-engine plane that crashed near the Gainesville Regional Airport, killing all three people on board.

Robert Gretz of the National Transportation Safety Board says the wreckage was found Saturday in a patch of woods east of the airport's main runway. It is being taken to Orlando for examination.

Gretz says the plane's wings were apparently sheared off by the trees while the fuselage came to rest on its nose with its tail upright. Most of the aircraft's instruments were burned.

The crash occurred about 2:45 a.m. Friday after the plane received clearance for an instrument landing. Dense fog and thick foliage hampered search efforts for the plane.